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The Shan County lamb soup is now famous all over the world, its freshness without the typical strong smell of mutton, its milky white color, and its rich but not greasy taste have been recorded in the Chinese Food Canon. Unfortunately, due to our vast country, even with convenient transportation nowadays, it is rare to find authentic Shan County lamb soup far from Shandong Province. However, we can learn how to make Shan County lamb soup and prepare it ourselves.Method One for Making Shan County Lamb SoupIngredients Preparation500 grams of lamb, an appropriate amount of sheep bones, 5 grams of cinnamon bark, 5 grams of Sichuan pepper, 5 grams of dried orange peel, 50 grams of coriander, 5 grams of star anise, 10 grams of Chinese ginger, 5 grams of Angelica root, 10 grams of green onion, 15 grams of fine salt, 25 grams of red oil, 15 grams of Sichuan pepper water, 5 grams of clove powder, 5 grams of cinnamon powder, 5 grams of soy sauce, 25 grams of sesame oil.Cooking Steps1. Wash the meat and cut into pieces about 10 centimeters long, 3 centimeters wide, and 3 centimeters thick. Break the sheep bones and lay them at…

Yang Yongliang weaves the Jiaya Tibetan carpet in an intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall in Huangzhong district of Xining, the capital city of northwest China's Qinghai Province. ( Taste all China /Yang Qihong) Yang Yongliang, a 62-year-old inheritor of the Jiaya Tibetan carpet, concentrates on weaving the delicate traditional carpet after doing his farm work in an intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall in Huangzhong district of Xining, the capital city of northwest China's Qinghai Province. Jiaya Tibetan carpet weaving skills have been incorporated into China's national intangible cultural heritage items. The carpet is made from the wool of sheep and cattle native to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and is recognized for its meticulous weaving skills and exquisite colors. Yang started learning to make Tibetan carpets when he was just 9 years old, and has great confidence in the inheritance and preservation prospects of traditional weaving skills. "Almost every family in the village knows how to weave Jiaya Tibetan carpets. I also share my experiences with apprentices to preserve and pass down the skills to future generations," he said. For intangible cultural heritage inheritors like Yang, traditional skills are not only a lifelong career, but also a carrier of profound traditional culture,…